What is really impressive about this theater is the inside is made
to look as if you were outside. On either side you can see the Spanish
balconies and the roofs and such, and if you look up the ceiling of the
theater is an immense dome which is made to look like the night sky.
All the stars are in their proper places and you can easily make out
the Big Dipper and other constellations in the sky. Not only that but
the stars actually twinkle if you look closely. If you look to the
side you'll see more of the Spanish buildings, and if you look closely
just above the roofs you can make out the mountains of Santa Barbara in
the background. By the way those shadows you see under the balcony and
around the lamp are fake, they're actually painted on but it's done so
well I couldn't tell even up close. I had been in that theater many
times and had walked right by those shadows thinking all the time they
were real. One day in the theater someone told me the shadows were
painted on. I didn't believe him. I walked over to the wall and held
up my hand to cast my own shadow on the wall. Only then did I realize
it was true. It was all an artist's deception.
Well the lights are dimming so I think the movie is about to start.
The curtains to the screen are opening and the music is beginning.
There's some light on the screen, and now some words are forming. It
says, "D.D. Inc. in association with Anyone Ltd. presents: Deley Tours
of Santa Barbara." Oops! I think I've seen this movie before.
This concludes our tour of Santa Barbara. However, there are two other nearby
places of interest that we must see. So let's go back outside to the front
of the theater and wait for the stagecoach to arrive.
